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W'ILLIAM H. BAKEWELL, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

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specification of Letters Patent No. 8,817, dated March as, 1852.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BAKE- WELL, of the city, county, andState of'New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in,Operating and Constructing Awnings; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecication,in which- Figure 1 is a front View, and Fig. 2, is an end or side viewof the awning and apparatus.

The same letters indicate like parts in all the figures. i

The nature of myimprovement consists in the method of rolling up, andunrolling an awning from the inside of the building by the constructionand operation of shafts, cords, pulleys, &c. (or its equivalent) passingthrough the wall or front of building. Secondly, in protecting theawning from the weather by means of a cylindrical sheathing (orcovering) and the slat on the lower edge of the awning.

The following is a full description of the apparatus and awning:

(A) are posts made in the usual way.

(B) is a bar passing through and bracing the posts.

(C) is the front of the building to which the awning is attached. y

(D) is a roller the length to suit the width of the awning or frontofbuilding,

and is supported by brackets or otherwise.

(E) is a cylindrical sheathing made sufciently large to receive theroller and awn ing, and having an opening lengthwise to admit theawning, the ends of which fit smoothly to and rest-ing on the axles ofthe roller.

(F) is the awning attached to the roller e;

to the lower edge of said slat. (c and d5) are beveled cog wheelsworking into each other, the wheel, d, being on the roller D, andthewheel, c, on the shaft, e, which passes through the wall and having on apulley, la, from which passes a cord, z', to the pulley, j, to which isattached a crank, 7c. But should the crank be removed at a distance Ihave another shaft with two pulleys, g and it, and the cord, z', passingto the pulley, j, and crank lo, as before as is shown in Figs. l and 2.The pulleys, g, g, and cord, f, may be recessed into the wall orotherwise.

The following is the operation and effects of the improvement: Whencrank motion 1s given to the pulleys, cogwheels, &.c.,` the roller D, towhich one edge of the awning is attached, (the other` edge beingattached to the slat G,) is revolved either way by the cords, a, theyhaving both ends attached to the slat, and passing over the roller andthrough thefpulleys, b does produce the same effect as an endless belt,when the roller is turned one' way the cords, a will draw downthe awningto the posts, when turned the opposite way the roller will draw and windup the awning until the slat,'G, shall be pressed tight into theopening, M, as is shown in Fig. 2, thereby perfectly securing the awningfrom dew, &c. f It will be perceived by this Vmethod i constructing andt operating awnings, the time and labor that will be saved, aside ftyper cent. in the wear and tear in putting it up and taking it down, andis often the case in consequence of a sudden storm the entire loss ofthe awning for the want of a few moments time, also the unpleasantnessto the operator in being exposed to the weather, &c. But by thisimprovement one person can roll up an awning in one `minutes time orless. Secondly the method of securing an awning where it is positivelyknown it will be kept perfectly dry and safe must be an advantage worthyof consideration. Having thus fully described my invention andimprovement I wish it to be known that I do not claim the pulleys,cords, cog wheels, &c., neither do I claim the inclosing of an awning7as that has already been done in bination With the slat, in the manner,and

many different Ways to my knowledge. for the purpose as herein describedand What I do claim as my invention and def fully set forth. sire tosecure by Letters Patent is WM. H. BAKEWELL. 5 The method of protectingthe awning by Witnesses:

the construction and arrangement of the H. O. SHAROT,

cylindrical sheathing (or covering) in oom- C. W. KIPP.

